(YAHOO) - When I was in tenth grade, I had to team up with a boy in my Sex Ed class and practice putting a condom on a banana. It was embarrassing, in an Iâ€™m-going-to-giggle-the-whole-time-to-make-this-less-awkward kind of way, but it was also educational. And effective. And potentially life-saving.

CHANDLER, AZ (CBS5) -A Chandler boy was forced by his father and stepmother to sleep and live in their backyard for at least one month over the summer as punishment for showing a lack of "basic respect," a police report stated.

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri inmate was put to death early Wednesday for fatally beating a 63-year-old woman with a hammer in 1998, the state's record 10th lethal injection of 2014 to match Texas for the most executions in the country this year.

After disappointing quarterfinal losses to start their seasons, the Milan Wildcat varsity basketball teams each bounced back nicely, with back-to-back wins to claim the consolation championships at the Novinger Basketball Tournament.

With both games coming down to the wire in exciting fashion, the North Central Missouri College Pirates split a Saturday afternoon doubleheader against the visiting Moberly Greyhounds at the Ketcham Community Center.

Circuit Court Criminal Law Day was held in Livingston County. Circuit Judge Thomas N. Chapman presided over the hearing. The following detainees were transported to the Missouri Department of Corrections.

The Trenton girl's basketball team has won two straight games, the boy's team broke a losing streak with a Tuesday night win over South Harrison, and the wrestling team is three events into its season.

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Drew Stanton connected with Jaron Brown on a game-winning 26 yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, leading the NFC Western Division leaders to a 17-14 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon in Glendale, Arizona.